Chapter 2

Jane glanced at his phone hoping to see a message from Teresa. He thought maybe she'd be done with Noah's appointment by now. The interviews with the witnesses were going smoothly and they should be done shortly. He turned back to the witness and Cho's questions.

Teresa could hear sirens that sounded like they were right beside her. The sound was making her head pound. Her left arm was hurting, making her wonder if she had slept on it wrong. "Why am I so groggy" thought Teresa. She could hear the faint cry of a baby. She couldn't understand what was going on. The sirens, a crying baby. Then she felt someone touching her hurting arm.

"Mam, mam. Can you hear me? Everything is going to be okay. We are working to get you out."

"Who are you? What are you talking about?" answered Teresa.

"I am a paramedic mam. You have been in a car accident. Are you in pain anywhere?" asked the paramedic.

"My left arm hurts and my head is pounding. I still don't understand what is happening."

"You have been in a car accident. You were hit on the passenger's side. Your left arm looks like it may be broken. You have some blood in your hair but it looks like it might be from flying glass. We are working to get you and the baby out of here and to a hospital."

"Baby?"

"Yes mam, there is a baby boy in the back seat. Is he your son?"

Teresa was trying hard to get through the fuzziness in her brain. At that moment things started to make sense. "Noah!" Teresa cried. "Noah! Is my son okay? Please take care of my baby." She started to cry when the realization of her circumstances started to make sense.

"He seems to be okay mam. He is crying, probably scared from the impact. He had a small amount of glass on him from the flying glass. We will get him out and on a back board as soon as we can get the doors open. Do you know your name?"

"Teresa. Teresa Lisbon Jane."

"Do you work for the FBI? I recognize your name. You are married to Patrick Jane?" asked the paramedic.

"Yes. Can you please call my husband? Wait! Can you call Kimball Cho? He is my boss. I want him to tell me husband what has happened. It will be better if Cho tells him."

"Yes mam. We will call right now. We will have him meet us at the hospital. We should have you and your son out shortly."

"Thank you." Teresa said as she heard the crunching of metal, assuming that the jaws of life were being used to open the door.

"Teresa? Are you ok? You are breathing a little heavy. Is your chest hurting?"

"A little. It feels a little tight." answered Teresa as she lost consciousness again.

"We need to get her out of her stat or we may lose her!" yelled the paramedic.

Wylie knocked on the interrogation room door and opened it slightly. "Uh, Agent Cho? I need to talk to you for a minute."

Cho looked irritated as he answered Wylie. "I am in the middle of an interview Agent Wylie. Is this important?"

"Uh, yes sir. Very important sir."

"Excuse me. I will be right back Jane." said Cho.

As Cho stepped out of the interrogation room, he looked at Wylie and noticed a strange look on his face. "This better damn well be important for you to get me out of a witness interview."

"It is sir. There is an Officer Marsh from Austin P.D. on the phone for you. He says it is urgent, something to do with Lisbon." answered Wylie.

Cho walked over to his desk wondering why Austin P.D. was calling. They didn't have a case that Austin P.D. was involved in. Curious, Cho picked up the phone. "This is Agent Cho. How can I help you?"

"Agent Cho, this is Officer Marsh from Austin P.D. Do you know a Teresa Lisbon or a Teresa Jane?

"Uh, yes sir. She is one of my agents and a good friend. Is there something wrong?" Cho responded, more apprehensive than curious now.

"Agent Lisbon or Agent Jane, has been involved in a motor vehicle accident. She said her husband worked with you but asked us to contact you." relayed Officer Marsh.

"Oh my God. Is she ok? What happened and where? Wait! Her son, her son Noah was with her. Is he ok? Cho asked.

"The accident happened at the corner of South Congress and E. 2nd Street. It appears that a drunk driver ran through the intersection and hit her on the driver's side of her vehicle. The fire department is working to get her and the baby out of the vehicle. Agent Lisbon's son appears to be doing good, just scared and crying. Agent Lisbon has some injuries, but until we can get her out, the paramedics cannot determine the extent of those injuries. But she has been talking and asked us to call you so that you could inform her husband. She said it would be better coming from you."

"Well that is definitely Teresa talking, so it sounds like she is doing ok for now. Thanks for calling me. Her husband is fiercely protective of his family so getting news like this will be hard for him to hear. I know him well, so I can break it to him" stated Cho.

"As soon as we get them out, we will be transporting them to the trauma center. You can have her husband meet us there." Officer Marsh replied.

"Thanks again Officer Marsh. If anything changes please call me as soon as possible on my cell phone at 555-233-3423. Patrick Jane is here at the office and we will head over to the hospital now. Please tell Teresa I will take care of Patrick and bring him to the hospital. Good bye."

"Wylie, get Jane into an open interview room. Preferably at the end of the hallway. If he ask, tell him you are bringing in the next witness. Teresa and Noah have been in an accident. The fire department is trying to get them out of the vehicle and to the hospital. This in NOT going to be good Wylie. When Jane finds out, I don't know how he will react. Also, call downstairs and get us a car to take us to the hospital. We may need a couple of agents to help. Jane may be hard to handle."

"Yes sir. Are Teresa and Noah okay?" Wylie replied concerned.

"Teresa asked the officer to call me so that I could give Jane the news. If she was able think about Jane's reaction, I'm hoping she will be fine. Noah seems to be fine, just crying and scared at this moment."

Cho stood there for a moment, too shocked to move. This couldn't be happening. Teresa was one of his best friends and Noah was his god son. How was he going to tell Jane? How would Jane react? He had lost one wife and child and Cho wasn't sure how he was going to react when he thought he ran the risk of losing another wife and child. No one ever knew how Jane would react to situations, especially involving Teresa and Noah. If she was hit on the driver's side and they couldn't easily get her or Noah out of the vehicle, it couldn't be that good.

Cho stood outside the door to the interview room that Wylie had put Jane in. He took a deep breath and tried to steel himself for what he was about to do as he opened the door. Jane turned around as Cho walked in. From the look on Cho's face, Jane knew something was wrong.

"Cho what's wrong?" asked Jane.

"Jane. I need you to sit down. There is something I need to tell you."

"What is it Cho? Is there a problem with the witnesses? Did the third one change his mind about cooperating?" Jane asked hoping against hope that it wasn't what he thought it was.

"No. Jane, this is about Teresa."

Cho had never been able to read his consultant very well. However, at that moment, he could read exactly what Patrick Jane was thinking.